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Pensacola cyberattack: Hackers launch Maze Ransomware and demand $1 million

Emsisoft said that it is the first ransomware incident in which data was exfiltrated as well as being encrypted

Dec 12, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Tech & Trend

US faces another cyber attack; major data centre providers hit by ransomware

This data centre who became the recent victim of ransomware attack owns 45 data centres in Europe, Asia and the Americas

Dec 5, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

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EXCLUSIVE: Saw-movie themed ransomware may be stealing data & deleting files from your system

If the user reboots or terminates the ransomware's processes, it will automatically relaunch and delete 1,000 files from the system

Nov 20, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Technology

Ransomware attack hits Mexican state oil firm Pemex

Pemex, which has been creaking under a massive debt load, said operations were normal and that oil production and storage were unaffected

Nov 12, 2019

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Ransomware strikes 3 hospitals in Alabama, patients turned away

621 government entities, healthcare service providers and school districts, colleges as well as universities were attacked by ransomware in US as of September, according to Emsisoft

Oct 18, 2019

By Soorya Kiran NN

CyberSecurity

FBI issues serious cyberattack warning; Hackers target another Texas city

After the warning by FBI, cyber criminals again targeted the US, this time it is the city of Carrollton, Texas

Oct 11, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Ransomware targets 621 government offices, hospitals and colleges in US

68 state, county and city, 491 healthcare service providers were hit, 62 school districts and educational establishments targetted by hackers.

Oct 1, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

New threat report reveals ransomware attacks are prime cause of breaches in Singapore

Carbon Black has published a new report which showed that 93 percent of Singaporean companies report Increase in attack frequency.

Oct 1, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Malware linked to Ryuk ransomware steals confidential military and financial data

Cyber experts found a new campaign that involves taking Ryuk and transforming it into a stealer is new.

Sep 14, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Hackers behind ransomware must take credit for driving up price of Bitcoin: Experts

Recent blog post revealed ransomware attacks are responsible for driving up the price of Bitcoin and cybersecurity experts explain why

Sep 6, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Ransomware attack on New York school computers disrupts opening day functions

Cyberattack on Orange County School district's network delays the first day of school after summer vacation.

Sep 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Cyber Security: Lake County Govt forced to shut down servers after ransomware attack

Lake County said by Monday they will receive more information about the attack, as the recovery process is going on.

Aug 24, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Ransomware hits 22 Texas towns, officials working overnight to recover from massive attack

Almost 22 Texas city government affected by the ransomware attack which began on Friday morning, August 16.

Aug 21, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack: How is that possible? [VIDEO]

Watch the video here to know more about how hackers can easily install ransomware in any DSLR cameras.

Aug 12, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Companies to boost security investments; 1 in 10 firms lose over $10m due to cyber attacks

A new report has shown that the companies have decided to understand the importance of investing money into organizations' security.

Jul 19, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Ransomware Attacks: Despite payments, new demand notes perplex US civic authorities

Harrison County Courthouse and Florida city council agreed to pay ransom to hackers the amount they asked.

Jun 21, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Hackers used NSA-developed EternalBlue tool to attack Baltimore's computer systems: Report

EternalBlue was the tool which was used to carry out WannaCry and NotPetya attacks in 2017 as well as the data breach in Baltimore.

May 26, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Cyber security: News channel goes offline after malicious software attack

Even though the FBI did not confirm the names of the attackers or how did The Weather Channel incident happen, they called it a ransomware attack.

Apr 26, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

Ransomware payments affected South Koreans the most

Ransomware attacks, which encrypt and hold a computer user's files hostage in exchange for payment, comprise one of the fastest growing forms of cyber attack.

Mar 25, 2018

By IANS

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Android users beware: New malware XafeCopy steals money from your smartphone

The new Xafecopy Trojan usually comes disguised in the form of popular utility apps, which steal money from Android phones.

Sep 11, 2017

By Staff Reporter

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